Indigofeea.] LEaUMJNOSM. -251 



^OTinion in the area, espacially amongst grass. Distrib Throughout 

 India ta Ceylon and Burma ; also in Angola, the Malay Islands and N. 

 Australia. This plant is greedily eaten by cittle, and Eoxhurgh states 

 that it helps to form some of the best pasture-lands in Bengal. 

 5. I. anabaptista, &tew(Z. No-\n. ed. II, i, 805 ; F. B. I. ii, 102. 



A diffuse annual with stems 1 foot or more long, thinly clothed with ap- 

 pressed white hairs. Leaves 1-1|^ in., short -petioled ; stipules setaceous, 

 persistent ; leaflets 3-7, opposite, -^-l in. long, oblanceolate, appressed- 

 hairy on both surfaces. Racemes short-peduncled, shorter than the 

 leaves, densely 12-20-flowered. Calyx | in., silvery-canescent ; teeth 

 long, setaceous. Corolla scarcely exserfced. Fod ^-f in. long, reflexed, 

 linear, quite flat, clothed with appressed hairs, 6-8-seeded. 

 •3Found in the districts of Agra and Muttra. Distrib. Plains of Punjab 

 and Sind ; also in Afghanistan, Arabia and in the Nile basin. 

 6. 1, glabra, Linn. 8p. PI. 751 ; Prain Sf E. Baker in Journ. Bot. XL 



(1902), 1S7. I. pentaphylla, Murr. ; IF. ^ A- Prod. 200 ; F. B. I. ii, 95. I. 



fragrans, Eetz. ; Roxi. Fl. Ind. Hi, 375. 



A densely csspitose annual. Branches many, slender, ascending, glabrous 

 or with a few scattered glandless hairs. Leaves shortly petioled, |-1 in. 

 long ; stipules lanceolate, acute, hairy, persistent ; leaflets 5, opposite, 

 ■j-^ in. long, membranous, slightly appressed-hairy on both surfaces, 

 glaucous beneath. Racemes short, axillary, laxly ^-i-flowered. Calyx ' 

 1^ in. long ; teeth long, setaceous. ■ Corolla ^ in., red. Pod. abouu f in., 

 turgid, straight, glabrous, not torulose. Seeds 8-12, cylindrical, truncate 

 at both ends. 



Eohilkhand (T. Thomson). Distrib. Throughout India, from the Hi- 

 malaya to Ceylon ; also in Trop. Africa. 

 1. 1, -viscosa., LamU. Encycl. Hi, 247i; Roxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 377 ; W. ^ A, 



Prod. 200 ; F.B. l.ii,95. 



An annua', up to 3 feet in height. Branches many, glandular-viscid, often 

 somewhat woody below. Leaves |-1| in. long ; petiole \ in., also viscid 

 with glandular hairs ; stipules filiform, setaceous ; leaflets 7-11, nearly 

 sessile, opposite, membranous, pale-green and sparsely hairy above, 

 glaucous and with persistent appressed bristles beneath. Racemes 6-12- 

 flowered, short peduncled, about as long as the leaves. Flowers small, 

 nearly sessile Calyx and corolla as in 1. glabra. Pod f-1 in. long, 

 straight, cylindrical, slightly torulose, densely clothed with appressed 

 white hairs as well as with gland-tipped ones. Seeds 10-12. 



The only record within the area is from the Saharanpur district. Distrib. 

 Plains of the Punjab and Bengal to Ceylon, Burma, Malay Islands to 

 N. Australia ; also in Afghanistan and in Trop. Africa 

 8. I. trifoliata, Linn. Cent. PI. ii, 29 ; W. Sf A. Prod. 201 ; B. Sf G. Bomb. 



Fl. 59 ; F. B. I. ii, 96. I. prostrata, Willd. ; t.oxh. Fl. Ind. Hi, 373. 



A perennial suffruticose herb. Stems much branched, trailing or sub- 

 erect, 1-2 feet long, clothed with deciduous appressed white hairs. 



